
 Submission Information
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 We're looking for a few good writers.

 Actually, we're looking for as many good writers as we can find. We're
 interested in fiction, poetry, reviews, feature articles (about most
 anything, as long as it's well-written), humour, essays, ANSI art, 
 and RIP art.

 STTS is dedicated to showcasing as many talents as it can, in all forms
 and genres. We have no general "theme" aside from good writing,
 innovative concepts, and unique execution of those concepts.

 As of January 1st 1994, we're going to begin PAYING for accepted
 submissions!  

 In a bold move, STTS has decided to offer an incentive for writers to
 submit their works. For each accepted submission, an honorarium fee
 will be paid upon publication. Premium access to STTS BBS is also
 given to staff and contributing writers.

 In addition to the monthly payments, STTS will hold a bi-annual "best
 of" contest, where the best published stories and articles in three
 categories will receive substantial cash prizes.

 These changes will take effect in January of 1994, and the first
 bi-annual awards will be presented in the July 1994 issue.

 Honorariums, bi-annual cash awards, award winners selection
 processes, and Contributor BBS access is explained below:


HONORARIUM

 Each and every article and story accepted for publication in STTS will
 received a cash honorarium. The payment is small and is meant as more
 of a token than something to reflect the value of the submission.

 As the magazine grows and brings in more money, the honorariums will
 increase, as will the bi-annual award amounts.


   Fiction pieces pay an honorarium of $2.00 each.
   Poetry pieces pay an honorarium of $1.00 each
   Non-fiction* pieces pay an honorarium of $1.00 each


 You have the option of refusing your honorarium. Refused funds will be
 donated to the American Cancer Society.

 Staff members ARE eligible for honorariums.

 * Non-fiction includes any feature articles, humor, reviews, and
   anything else that doesn't fit into the fiction or poetry category.


BI-ANNUAL CASH AWARD

 Twice a year (every six months) the staff of STTS magazine will meet
 and vote on the stories, poems, and articles that have appeared in the
 last six issues of the magazine. Each staff member (the publisher
 included) gets one vote, and can use that vote on only one entry in
 each category.

 In the unlikely event of a tie, the winners will split the cash award.

 Winners will be announced in the July and January issues of the
 magazine.

 Anyone serving on the staff of STTS magazine is NOT eligible for the
 bi-annual awards.

 Bi-annual prize amounts
 -----------------------

 Fiction         $50.00
 Non-fiction      25.00
 Poetry           25.00


 The winner in each category does have the option of refusing his cash
 award. In the event of such a refusal, the entire sum of the refused
 cash awards will be donated to the American Cancer Society.


STTS BBS

  Staff members and contributing writers will also receive level 40
  access on Sunlight Through The Shadows BBS. Such access consists of 2
  hrs. a day, unlimited download bytes per day, and no download/upload
  ratio. A regular user receives 1 hr. a day and has an download/upload
  ratio of 10:1.

  Staff and contributing writers also receive access to a special
  private STTS Staff conference on the BBS.


LIMITATIONS

  STTS will still accept previously published stories and articles for
  publication. However, previously published submissions do NOT qualify
  for contention in the bi-annual awards.

  Furthermore, previously published stories and articles will be paid at
  a 50% honorarium of the normal honorarium fee.


RIGHTS

 The copyright of said material, of course, remains the sole property
 of the author. STTS has the right to present it once in a "showcase"
 format and in an annual "best of" issue. (a paper version as well
 as the elec. version)

 Acceptance of submitted material does NOT necessarily mean that it
 will appear in STTS.

 Submissions should be in 100% pure ASCII format. There are no
 limitations in terms of lengths of articles, but keep in mind it's
 a magazine, not a novel. <Grin>

 Fiction and poetry will be handled on a pure submission basis, except
 in the case of any round-robin stories or continuing stories that might
 develop.

 Reviews will also be handled on a submission basis. If you're
 interested in doing a particular review medium (ie: books) on a
 full-time basis, let me know and we'll talk.

 ANSI art should be under 10k and can be about any subject as long as
 it's not pornographic. We'll feature ANSI art from time to time,
 as well as featuring a different ANSI "cover" for our magazine each
 month.

 In terms of articles, we're looking for just about anything that's
 of fairly general interest to the BBSing world at large. An article
 comparing several new high-speed modems would be appropriate, for
 example, whereas an article describing in detail how to build your
 own such modem really wouldn't be.

 Articles needn't be contained to the world of computing, either.
 Movies, politics, ecology, literature, entertainment, fiction,
 non-fiction, reviews - it's all fair game for STTS.

 Articles, again, will be handled on a submission basis. If anyone has
 an idea or two for a regular column, let me know. If it works, we'll
 incorporate it into STTS.

 Writers interested in contributing to Sunlight Through The Shadows can
 reach me through any of the following methods:


         Contact Points
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  The Internet    - My E_Mail address is: joe.derouen@chrysalis.org

  RIME            - My NODE ID is SUNLIGHT or 5320. Send all files to
                    this address. (you'll have to ask your SysOp who's
                    carrying RIME to send it for you) Alternately, you
                    can simply post it in either the Sunlight Through
                    The Shadows Magazine, Common, Writers, or Poetry
                    Corner conference to: Joe Derouen. If you put a
                    ->5320 or ->SUNLIGHT in the top-most upper left-hand
                    corner, it'll be routed directly to my BBS. 

  Pen & Brush Net - Leave me a note or submission in either the Sunlight
                    Through The Shadows Magazine conference, the Poetry
                    Corner conference, or the Writers Conference. If
                    your P&BNet contact is using PostLink, you can route
                    the message to me automatically via the same way as
                    described above for RIME. In either case, address
                    all correspondence to: Joe derouen. 

  WME Net         - Leave me a note or submission in the Net Chat
                    conference. Address all correspondence to:
                    Joe Derouen.

  My BBS          - Sunlight Through The Shadows. 12/24/96/14.4k baud.
                    (214) 620-8793. You can upload submissions to the
                    STTS Magazine file area, comment to the SysOp, or
                    just about any other method you choose. Address all
                    correspondence to: Joe Derouen.

  US Mail         - Send disks (any size, IBM format ONLY) containing
                    submissions to:

                    Joe DeRouen
                    14232 Marsh Ln. # 51
                    Dallas, Tx. 75234
                    U.S.A.

